Maid’s attempt to commit suicide fails

Over 40,000 traffic citations in week

By Meshal Al-Sanousi

KUWAIT CITY, Aug 23: A Sri Lankan housemaid tried to commit suicide by taking a quantity of pills inside her sponsor’s house in Qurain area.

Sponsor of the maid notified the Operations Room of the Interior Ministry about the incident after she found the maid on the ground unconscious with a quantity of pills beside her. She was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit for treatment. A case was registered against her.

The sponsor told security operatives that the maid was battling domestic problems in her home country.

Traffic citations:

Traffic Sector issued 40,607 citations for various traffic offenses and impounded 1999 vehicles plus 6 motorbikes during campaigns conducted in all governorates from Aug 14 to Aug 20.

Traffic men also recovered two wanted vehicles, referred 64 people to custody and five others to deportation for driving without license, and dealt with 1183 traffic accidents.

General Traffic Department confirmed the campaign will continue over an indeterminate period to restore sanity on roads to protect life

Rotten meat scare:

When the neighbors complained of bad odor coming from an apartment of a residential building at an unidentified location, police got a search warrant from the authorities and forced open the door, reports Al-Anba daily.

Initially the neighbors thought the odor may be coming from the remains of a person but it turned out to be from rotten meat in the freezer after the refrigerator stopped working.

The owner of the apartment is believed to be an Egyptian and he is reportedly holidaying in his home country.